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New Reports Tracking Ethics

Booksellers won't stock 'It's Our Turn to Eat,' fearing reprisals. But it's sold on street corners – and read aloud in churches...The Christian Science Monitor, June 28, 2009

Michela Wrong's Kenyan Book Just Published in United States ... The story of anti-corruption fighter John Githongo leads to a bigger picture of governmental abuse of power, tribal demands and aid agency complicity in "IT'S OUR TURN TO EAT - The Story of a Kenyan Whistleblower," published by Harper Collins...see Country Reports. Picture of John Githongo and Michela Wrong.

See a compelling update on the clashes and corruption in Kenya by Daniel Howden of The Independent (UK) on July 1. Backsliding on anti-corruption in Africa? See an analysis report by Celia Dugger of The New York Times. Also letters in response by US Senator Lugar and others.


BAXTER Publishes its 10th annual CSR report. A peioneer in reporting publicly on social responsibility, the new report provides in-depth detailo and serves as a model for many companuies seeking to enhance public understanding of corporate approaches and progress. ...See Corporate CSR


European Union President José Manuel Barroso joins the call for a new cul;ture of ethics and responsibility. He speaks to major European business meeting...see Views and Analaysis


CORPORATE ETHICS - the issue of when a company should consider the health of its top executvies "material" information that it needs to provide to shareholders is of increasing importance. The illness of Apple CEO Steve Jobs has brought this to the center of corporate governance discussion. For the latest insights we recommend an article in The Los Angeles Times by David Sarno and Walter Hamilton, June 25.


World Bank Governance Indicators – 8th Annual Update - Chief authors Daniel Kaufmann, Brookings Institution, and Aart Kraay and Massimo Mastruzzi of the World Bank, measure six dimensions of governance: Voice and Accountability, Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism, Government Effectiveness, Regulatory Quality, Rule of Law, and Control of Corruption...see International Surveys.


Transparency International UK Reports Critical Weaknesses Still In UK's Anti-Money Laundering Approaches...see Money Laundering
Transparency International also releases working paper on asset recovery.


Enjoy the summer and the environment

New White Paper on Business and Climate Change from the U.N. Global Compact ...see CSR

The Leaves of Fort Greene --- A new scupture at Forte Greene Park, Brooklyn, New York, by Julia Vogl


 

 

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  • July 1 - UN Sec. General to Burma as Trial Verdict on Aung San Suu Kyi's Trial Nears. Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary General, ahead of his visit to Burma, reiterated his call to the military junta to release the opposition leader and initiate a dialogue between the government and the opposition, Mezzima reported.

  • July 1 - US Securities & Exchange Commission Proposes Stronger Corporate Governance. The Commission proposed requiring public companies receiving money from the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) to provide a shareholder vote on executive pay in their proxy solicitations. It also voted to propose better disclosure of executive compensation at public companies in their proxy statements, and approved a New York Stock Exchange rule change to prohibit brokers from voting proxies in corporate elections without instructions from their customers.

  • June 30 - Stanford Stays in Prison. AFP reported that texan Charles Stanford, accused of stealing $7 billion from investors, will stay in prison until his trial later this year. the judge ruled that he is a flight risk.

  • June 29 - Madoff Gets 150 Years - Maximum Prison Sentence by New York Judge (Bloomberg)

  • July 1 - Ezra Merkin Forced to Sell Art.

    Madoff friend and supplier of hundreds of millions of dollars of other peoples’ cash to Madoff, Ezra Merkin, has been forced to sell $310 million of art, include works by Mark Rothko, as he faces investor pressures, the New York Daily News reported.

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Nigeria: The Hidden Cost of Corruption: Click Frontline to see a series of excellent reports on corruption.

The Tragedy of Gabon - New Challenges After president's Death for Transparency, Oil Revenues, Anti-Corruption - A Revenue Watch Editorial

The HUB - the new and dynamic website of the St. James Ethics Centre, Australia - check it out.

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Compliance and Ethics Institute...see News from NGOs

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